Peter Knaak | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
In office 1979–1982 | |
Preceded by | Don Getty |
Succeeded by | Robert Alexander |
Constituency | Edmonton-Whitemud |
Personal details | |
Born | Hamburg,Germany [1] | October 28,1942
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Peter Knaak (born October 28,1942) was a provincial level politician from Alberta,Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1982.
Knaak ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1979 Alberta general election. He won the electoral district of Edmonton-Whitemud with a landslide to hold it for the Progressive Conservatives. [2] Knaak retired from provincial politics after serving a single term in office at dissolution of the legislature in 1982.
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